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KHOU, KUSA, WSB, WTVF, CNN By Dalia Faheid, Ashley R. Williams, Jack Forrest, Jillian Sykes and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Federal and state authorities are working to find the origins of racist text messages sent to Black people across the country referencing slavery and telling them they were “selected to pick cotton at the

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — After such a divisive presidential race, some of your colleagues and friends will likely share their strong reactions to the outcome. These tips can help you navigate a divided office after the election. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Twelve students at Salisbury University in Maryland are facing assault and hate crime charges after they allegedly targeted a man “due to his sexual preferences” and lured him to an off-campus apartment where they beat him, police said. The students, all men ranging in age from

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A man “dedicated to white supremacist” beliefs is facing federal charges in an alleged plot to use an explosives-laden drone to blow up a Nashville energy facility “in furtherance of his accelerationist ideology,” a federal criminal complaint filed this week says. Accelerationism “refers to a white-supremacist belief that the

WSB By Ashley R. Williams, Jack Forrest and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” and “picking cotton” reminiscent of the country’s painful and bigoted past – have been received by children, college students and working professionals from unrecognized

By Zoe Sottile, Jean Casarez and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Jury deliberations continue Saturday in the highly publicized double murder trial of Richard Allen – who is accused of killing two teenage girls and leaving their bodies near a hiking path in the small town of Delphi, Indiana, more than seven years ago. Allen

By Karina Tsui, Camila Bernal and Norma Galeana, CNN (CNN) — Terrie Morin, 60, and her husband, Dave, were at a barber shop when they heard about a raging wildfire making headway toward their Camarillo home on Wednesday morning. The couple were hosting two guests at the time, but because their guests worked late, Morin

WCIV By Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — Residents in a small South Carolina town are finding themselves in the middle of a real-life game of Jumanji after 43 monkeys escaped Wednesday from a research facility. The rhesus macaque primates are all still on the loose as of Friday after escaping from the Alpha Genesis Primate

By Cindy Von Quednow and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin, found “no real firearms” in the home of a boy accused of attempting to enter a secure area of an elementary school, police said Friday. The 13-year-old, whose name has not been made public, was arrested Thursday and charged with one

By Ashley R. Williams, Jack Forrest, Jillian Sykes and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” and “picking cotton” reminiscent of the country’s painful and bigoted past – have been received by children, college students and working professionals from

By Ashley R. Williams and Nicolas Miranda, CNN (CNN) — Approximately 100 vehicles were stranded after a semi-truck jackknifed on a rural New Mexico highway as a potent winter storm blasted northern parts of the state and Colorado Thursday, authorities said. More than 5.8 million people across Colorado and New Mexico were under winter storm